Kevin Bacon: "Fame is very, very bizarre"

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Bacon speaks on his trials & tribulations

Kevin Bacon has been in the public eye for more than three decades, but the actor still finds fame and showbiz very weird.

Kevin Bacon has enjoyed many years of acting success and has starred in multiple films, but he admits that even after being in the spotlight for more than three decades he still finds it strange.

During an interview with the Metro newspaper, the Footloose star revealed, "Fame is very, very bizarre. If you just got it all of a sudden, out of nowhere, you would be like: 'This is very weird.'"

"Then you kind of get used to it and think: 'This is what my life is.' If I had superpowers, invisibility would be a totally cool thing. The idea of going through the world invisibly would be so fascinating to me."

However, that is not to suggest that the R.I.P.D. star did not always want fame. In fact, it was fame that initially motivated him to keep going in the showbiz world.

Bacon said, "I do not believe those people who say: 'Well, you know, he's an actor but he's really super-shy and doesn't want the limelight.'"

"That's rubbish — I don't believe it. Show me an actor who doesn't want to be famous and I will show you a liar. Actors want to be famous. That's part of what drives us. That's what drove me initially."